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Definitions of saturnine:

  • adjective:   bitter or scornful
    Example: "The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain- Oscar Wilde"
  • adjective:   showing a brooding ill humor
    Example: "A saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven"


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